NASA’s Perseverance rover landed confidently in the Red Planet Jezero Crater on February 18. The heir to Curiosity will look for traces of past life in the sedimentary layers of the water that was 3.5 billion years ago in this … Read More
For the first time in human history, we can watch the moment a rover sets its wheels down on Mars. Тhe amazing video, released today, was recorded as the one-ton rover Perseverance descended to Jezero Crater on February 18th. Until … Read More
After 2018, the giant desert storm on Mars is more than just a spectacle. Thanks to it, we came across a gas that has never been detected in the planet’s atmosphere. For the first time, the ExoMars spacecraft detected traces … Read More
Four exoplanets have been discovered around the star TOI-1233 by two high school students, making them among the youngest people to ever discover a celestial body. Sixteen-year-old Kartik Pinglé and 18-year-old Jasmine Wright were participating in the Student Research Mentoring Program (SRMP) at the … Read More
A thunderstorm usually comes with lightning, a bright jagged strip that moves from the Earth’s cloud in the shortest route possible. But did you know that sometimes lightning fires straight up? Oh, and it’s blue. “Blue jets” – lightning-like electric … Read More
Exciting news! A newly found comet might become 2021’s brightest comet. Astronomer Greg Leonard discovered the comet that now bears his name – C/2021 A1 (Leonard) – on January 3, 2021 at the Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona. Astronomers report that discovery images … Read More